TALLINN – Four women arrived in Estonia under the European Union's refugee distribution plan from Eritrea, which is the first time the so-called quota refugees have arrived in Estonia from Eritrea.
The four Eritreans arrived in Estonia from Italy o...

VILNIUS – Everyone can contribute to elimination of consequences of global warming, however, Lithuania will also have to meet its commitments, says Lithuania's Environment Minister Kestutis Navickas attending climate change summit in France.
"Everyone is important here, every person is important. The decisions we make on a daily basis change climate, however, we must meet our engagements as a state," the minister told BNS in a telephone interview from Pa...

VILNIUS - More than half a ton of cocaine, smuggled from South America, with an estimated street value of nearly 49 million euros were destroyed in a furnace on Tuesday, the Lithuanian Customs said.
The drugs were hidden aboard a ship that arrived in the port of Klaipeda from South America last May, according to the press release.
The cocaine was disguised as a shipment of metal casting molds for a company founded in Lithuania, whose director, a Russian n...

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